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Cornish College of the Arts Commencement 2016 Program
CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS PROCESSIONAL * Cornish Gamelan Ensemble Directed by Professor Jarrad Powell CITATION & CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREES Pete Docter, Director, Animator, Screenwriter, Producer WELCOME Moira Scott Payne, Provost & Vice President of Clarence Acox, Band Director and Jazz Drummer Pae White, Multimedia Artist Ben Vereen, Actor, Dancer, and Singer Academic Affairs Linda Brown, PhD, Chair of the Board of Trustees Nancy J. Uscher, PhD, President TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS Made possible by the Kenneth and Marleen Alhadeff Charitable Foundation Lodi McClellan, Professor, Dance Department Jarrad Powell, Professor, Music Department Roberta Russell, Professor, Performance Production Department STUDENT ADDRESS Michelle Domanowski, Art ’16 DANCE PRESENTATION Absent Matter (excerpts) Drew Nathaniel Lewis, Dance ‘16 Choreography by Kyle Abraham in collaboration with Abraham.In.Motion Music by Kris Bowers, Otis Brown III and Burniss Earl Travis DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD Emily Chisholm, Theater ‘04 DISTINGUISHED RECENT ALUMNI AWARD Catherine Harris-White, Music ’08 MUSICAL PRESENTATION “Variations II” by John Cage Amelia Coulter, Music ’16 and Voice Actor COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Ben Vereen, Actor, Dancer, and Singer MUSICAL PRESENTATION Once I Thought from “The Tender Land” by Aaron Copland Taylor Regnier, soprano, Music ’16 Reuben Alexander Woodruff, piano, Music ’16 CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Nancy J. Uscher, PhD, President Moira Scott Payne, Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs Adrienne M. Bolyard, Dean of Academic Services & Registrar Dawn Gavin, Art Chair Victoria Watts, PhD, Dance Chair Jeff Brice, Design Chair Tom Baker, DMA, Interim Music Chair Denise Martel, Performance Production Chair Richard E.T. White, Theater Chair Gala Bent, ADFM Interim Foundations Program Leader Lyall Bush, Interim Film + Media Program Leader Hollis Near, Director of Library Services Star Rush, Associate Provost & Acting Humanities & Sciences Chair RECESSIONAL † Cornish Gamelan Ensemble Directed by Professor Jarrad Powell * Audience will rise. † Audience will rise. Please wait while the distinguished guests, faculty and graduates depart. 1 ART DEPARTMENT Dawn Gavin, Chair Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Degree Candidates Vanessa Ortiz Alcaraz, Cum Laude Jayme-Lynn Marcella Aumann Taylor Lee Bednarz, Cum Laude Kendra Watlov Boblett Harold Armand Cochran III Teocalli Q. Cruz Michelle Domanowski, Summa Cum Laude Ana Elizabeth Dueñas Sophie Alexandra Ferre, Magna Cum Laude Cameron MacKenzie Fletcher Makena Zayle Gadient, Magna Cum Laude Carly Ashton Garza Stefan L Gonzales Taylor Christine Hollowell Jasmine Camille Howard Jeanette Marie Jones, Magna Cum Laude Ivana Marie Kartzov, Cum Laude Xiaoshuo Liu Tasha Marie Mathews Janice Kwan In Ngan Gabriel Richard Reyes LaraAnn Sabih, Magna Cum Laude Elsa Sara Victora Spencer Diego Armando Suarez, Magna Cum Laude Justin Scott Webb 2 DANCE DEPARTMENT Victoria Watts, Chair Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Degree Candidates Tala Lukino Baldwin, Magna Cum Laude Sarah Renee Boehlke, Cum Laude Courtney Ray Brossel, Cum Laude Allison P. Burke, Cum Laude Laura Lynne Caputo Miranda Karn Chantelois**, Magna Cum Laude Dakota Sharon Crist, Cum Laude Adrian Scott Flores, Magna Cum Laude Sapphire Michelle Goetz, Cum Laude Madison Leigh Haines*, Magna Cum Laude Julia Kusanagi, Magna Cum Laude Jasper Josiah-Gordon Lane, Cum Laude Drew Nathaniel Lewis, Magna Cum Laude Yamari Nicole Maynard-Berley* Thomas Edward Staats O’Neal Dara Chantia Denique Palmer Alissa Kristine Pegram Stefana Nicole Reiff Gloria Faith Savage, Magna Cum Laude Oralee Elizabeth Skeath, Magna Cum Laude Julia deMello Sloane*, Magna Cum Laude Lindy Lou Smith Tira Rosalie Sweet Catherine Fay Thelen*, Cum Laude Phelicity Jewel Thompson* Abigail Rose Zimmerman, Magna Cum Laude *Fall 2015 Graduate **Prospective Summer 2016 Graduate 3 DESIGN DEPARTMENT Jeff Brice, Chair Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Degree Candidates Syeda Nida Abidi Natalia Andrea Montalvo Mosquera Alexandra Carol Athans Fumio Taylor Ohno* Yoojin Beag, Cum Laude Ciprian Erasto Ortiz III Kathrine Brooke Berntson Sarah Caitlyn Patrick Vannessa Margarita Blea, Magna Cum Laude Hannah Phuong Pham, Magna Cum Laude Weylin Francis Brown Grace Reyer Vivian Vera Che, Cum Laude Robert Allen Rice*, Cum Laude Jeffrey Lee Eidsvik Elisabeth Ann Richardson, Magna Cum Laude Claire Frances Fritze Michaela Fern Roath Zachary Joseph Gabelein Julie Anne Rose, Cum Laude Erik Ryan Hall Emily Rose Sansom, Cum Laude Lauren Nicole Hall, Cum Laude Irene Dasol Song, Summa Cum Laude Shelby Corrine Hayes, Magna Cum Laude Kendra Leigh Springer Terri Lynn Hindmarsh Napat Tanamphai, Cum Laude Elizabeth Usha Sterling Holmes* Christopher Michael Trout* Ryan Hunt Stavroula Stefanie Tsantilas, Cum Laude Bryanna Zhané Jones Ashley Jeline VanBrunt* Lindsey Susan Lewers Majesta Shay Vestal, Cum Laude Zhaotong Liu, Cum Laude Jeia Villacis Jaime José Mañez Duy Nhat Vo, Magna Cum Laude Dallas Ryan Milburn, Summa Cum Laude Alexa Diane Williams, Magna Cum Laude Alexandra Mojica *Prospective Summer 2016 Graduate 4 MUSIC DEPARTMENT Tom Baker, Interim Chair Bachelor of Music Degree Candidates Taylor Danielle Bowen, Cum Laude Duane Edward Rough III Gabriel Ellis Brooks-Lopez Kyle Daniel Salley*, Cum Laude Braxton Burks*, Cum Laude Jesse Philip Stuart*, Cum Laude Ameila Coulter*, Summa Cum Laude Chad Walker*, Cum Laude Andrew J. Ferguson*, Cum Laude Max Finlay Concannon Walker, Magna Cum Laude Sierra Dawn Glessner, Cum Laude Lucas Eduardo Winter, Cum Laude Navarre Thomas Herrera*** Reuben Alexander Woodruff***, Cum Laude Sara Beth Herrschaft Carly Ann Worden, Summa Cum Laude Taurean Brenden Johnson* Robin Victoria Jordan** Jason Edward McCauley Lydia Ji Yun Park, Magna Cum Laude Maya Rose Murchison Perry Ramos Taylor Dawn Regnier Devin Conor Reilly, Magna Cum Laude Artist Diploma in Early Music Candidates Melinda Marie Abendroth Thomas Fontana Albanese Daniel Anthony Frizzell Natalie Ingrisano *Fall 2015 Graduate **Prospective Summer 2016 Graduate ***Prospective Fall 2016 Graduate 5 PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT Denise Martel, Chair Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Production Degree Candidates Mariah Kelly Brougher Shelby R. Choo, Cum Laude Emily R. Cioc Sarah Constable, Cum Laude Caitlin Elizabeth Cooke Jasmyn-Lea Friend Hannah Victoria Larson, Cum Laude Emily Rose Russell Grace Cecilia Stowers Lauren Alta Williams, Summa Cum Laude 6 THEATER DEPARTMENT Richard E.T. White, Chair Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Degree Candidates Annika Nori Ahlgrim, Cum Laude Rachel Mae Guyer-Mafune Haley Marie Alaji, Magna Cum Laude Cameron Robert Hodges*, Cum Laude Sherif Amr Amin, Magna Cum Laude Rebecca Anne Love, Magna Cum Laude Georgette Alysia Nicole Anderson Seth Michael John Martin Taylor Winfield Babcock Clarice A. Marx, Summa Cum Laude Brian Benjamin Balistreri Rafael Molina Sarah Diane Ball, Magna Cum Laude Tasha Kay Newell*, Magna Cum Laude Evan Richard Barrett, Magna Cum Laude Fathiya Rabiya Ritter Haley Butler Bates, Summa Cum Laude Dallin Richard Robinson, Cum Laude Nazlah Black, Magna Cum Laude Hannah Lynn Rockel, Magna Cum Laude Maya Amanda Burton, Magna Cum Laude Kendall J. Rosenberg Carole Lynn Castillo*, Magna Cum Laude Eric Matthew Simon Jeremy Tadaaki Chan Thomas Charles Speltz* Alexandria Ilyse Chipman, Magna Cum Laude Richie Stone, Magna Cum Laude Christina Michelle Frasier Dewar, Magna Cum Laude Michael Dean Szala, Magna Cum Laude Meghan Irene Dolbey, Magna Cum Laude Mercedes Sarah Tracy, Cum Laude Olivia Grace Donald Miranda Antoinette Troutt, Summa Cum Laude Michael Dylan Dreger*, Magna Cum Laude Alaura Leilani Ward Laura Onaga Dux, Cum Laude Leah Erickson Webster, Cum Laude Huntington O’Donnell Filson*, Summa Cum Laude Te Nicole Yelland, Magna Cum Laude Sara Grant, Cum Laude *Fall 2015 Graduate 7 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Honors and awards are based on academic and artistic achievement, and represent graduates’ commitment to excellence both as developing artists and as students. Cornish College of the Arts recognizes these students for their extraordinary dedication to their individual disciplines. 8 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ART DEPARTMENT EMILY HALL MORSE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Makena Zayle Gadient RICHARD GILMAN SCHOLARSHIP IN PAINTING AND FINE ARTS Taylor Lee Bednarz JON AND MARY SHIRLEY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Kendra Watlov Boblett Michelle Domanowski Stefan L. Gonzales Ivana Marie Kartzov Tasha Marie Mathews Elsa Sara Victora Spencer Diego Armando Suarez Justin Scott Webb SHERRY RAISBECK ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP LaraAnn Sabih JUDITH KINDLER AND A. KYLE JOHNSON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Justin Scott Webb STEPHEN HANNOCK SCHOLARSHIP Jeanette Marie Jones Janice Kwan In Ngan UTRECHT ANNUAL STUDENT MERIT SCHOLARSHIP Ivana Marie Kartzov ZEL BROOK ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Carly Ashton Garza Tasha Marie Mathews LYNN GOODLAD ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Jeanette Marie Jones TO LOOK SOCIETY IN THE FACE AND DECLARE, “ARTISTS ARE NOT A LUXURY!” THAT TAKES GUTS. Michelle Domanowski, Art ’16 9 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS DANCE DEPARTMENT CALLIOPE SCHOLARSHIP Sapphire Michelle Goetz Alissa Kristine Pegram Oralee Elizabeth Skeath Lindy Lou Smith CHRISTINE HOWE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Lindy Lou Smith KREIELSHEIMER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Tala Lukino Baldwin Courtney Ray Brossel Dakota Sharon Crist Adrian Scott Flores Sapphire Michelle Goetz Jasper Josiah-Gordon Lane Drew Nathaniel Lewis Thomas Edward Staats O’Neal Alissa Kristine Pegram Stefana Nicole Reiff Gloria Faith Savage Oralee Elizabeth Skeath Lindy Lou Smith Abigail Rose Zimmerman MERCE CUNNINGHAM ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Adrian Scott Flores Drew Nathaniel Lewis PAT HON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Dakota Sharon Crist Drew Nathaniel Lewis Stefana Nicole Reiff SPARKS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Jasper Josiah-Gordon Lane A CORNISH STUDENT DOESN’T JUST EXPERIENCE GREATNESS ON OPENING NIGHT. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SEE GREATNESS IN FOLDING UP THE CHAIRS AFTER EVERYONE HAS GONE. Elisabeth Ann Richardson, Design ’16 10 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS DESIGN DEPARTMENT ALUMNI CHALLENGE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Vivian Vera Che Jeffrey Lee Eidsvik Shelby Corrine Hayes DONNA SHANNON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Julie Anne Rose HEARST ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Lauren Nicole Hall Julie Anne Rose JACK AND SYLVIA CLUCK ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Yoojin Beag Zhaotong Liu Elisabeth Ann Richardson Irene Dasol Song Majesta Shay Vestal Duy Nhat Vo KREIELSHEIMER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Syeda Nida Abidi Yoojin Beag Vannessa Margarita Blea Weylin Francis Brown Vivian Vera Che Jeffrey Lee Eidsvik Lauren Nicole Hall Shelby Corrine Hayes Terri Lynn Hindmarsh Ryan Hunt Bryanna Zhané Jones Lindsey Susan Lewers Zhaotong Liu Dallas Ryan Milburn Natalia Andrea Montalvo Mosquera Hannah Phuong Pham Robert Allen Rice Michaela Fern Roath Julie Anne Rose Emily Rose Sansom Irene Dasol Song Napat Tanamphai Christopher Michael Trout Stavroula Stefanie Tsantilas Jeia Villacis Duy Nhat Vo Alexa Diane Williams NORTHWEST SECURITY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP Alexa Diane Williams PLAYERS CLUB ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Kathrine Brooke Berntson Dallas Ryan Milburn Kendra Leigh Springer RICHARD AND JEAN COYNE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Syeda Nida Abidi Vannessa Margarita Blea Erik Ryan Hall Terri Lynn Hindmarsh Lindsey Susan Lewers Ciprian Erasto Ortiz III Sarah Caitlyn Patrick Robert Allen Rice Kendra Leigh Springer Ashley Jeline VanBrunt STEVE JENSEN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Hannah Phuong Pham Elisabeth Ann Richardson Julie Anne Rose 11 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS MUSIC DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT KREIELSHEIMER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Devin Conor Reilly CALLIOPE SCHOLARSHIP Mariah Kelly Brougher Shelby R. Choo Sarah Constable Emily Rose Russell PRESSER FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLAR AWARD Carly Ann Worden VIOLA STEVENS BARRON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Sierra Dawn Glessner EARLY MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP Melinda Marie Abendroth Natalie Ingrisano HEARST ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Hannah Victoria Larson KREIELSHEIMER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Shelby R. Choo Sarah Constable Lauren Alta Williams SEAFIRST MERIT ENDOWED AWARD Sarah Constable Emily Rose Russell THOMAS STONE TORRANCE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Shelby R. Choo Lauren Alta Williams THE REALITY IS THAT ALL OF OUR SACRIFICES AND STRUGGLES HAVE MADE TODAY THAT MUCH MORE WORTH IT. Jeia Villacis, Design ’16 12 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS THEATER DEPARTMENT BROTHERTON SCHOLARSHIP IN LAW, BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND PUBLIC SERVICE Evan Richard Barrett CALLIOPE SCHOLARSHIP Maya Amanda Burton Te Nicole Yelland HEARST ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Alexandria Ilyse Chipman JANE EWING ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Haley Butler Bates JOHN GORDON AND ELLEN HILL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Haley Butler Bates KREIELSHEIMER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Haley Marie Alaji Brian Benjamin Balistreri Sarah Diane Ball Alexandria Ilyse Chipman Christina Michelle Frasier Dewar Olivia Grace Donald Michael Dylan Dreger Rebecca Anne Love Clarice A. Marx Dallin Richard Robinson Hannah Lynn Rockel Eric Matthew Simon Michael Dean Szala Mercedes Sarah Tracy Alaura Leilani Ward Leah Erickson Webster MUSIC & ART FOUNDATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Annika Nori Ahlgrim Maya Amanda Burton Meghan Irene Dolbey Michael Dylan Dreger Seth Michael John Martin Richie Stone SERGEI P. TSCHERNISCH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Evan Richard Barrett Alexandria Ilyse Chipman Christina Michelle Frasier Dewar Rachel Mae Guyer-Mafune Clarice A. Marx Rafael Molina Richie Stone THE EDWARD F. LIMATO SCHOLARSHIP Meghan Irene Dolbey Rafael Molina EACH ONE OF YOU IS BRAVE, CREATIVE, UNIQUE, CAPABLE AND, LET’S NOT FORGET, FIERCE. Haley Marie Alaji, Theater ’16 13 TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS LODI M C CLELLAN PROFESSOR, DANCE Lodi began her ballet training as a child with Loyce Holton at the Minnesota Dance Theatre and continued with Sydelle Gomberg, Samuel Kurkjian, Hannah Wiley, Marjorie Mussman, Jocelyn Lorenz, Flemming Halby, Kitty Daniels, and Yasuko and Emi Tokunaga. During a 17-year professional career in modern dance, Lodi was a member of the Chamber Dance Company (performing soloist roles in works by José Limon and Doris Humphrey), the Mark Morris Dance Group, Beth Soll and Company, and Llory Wilson and Dancers, and made guest appearances with Nina Wiener and Dancers and many additional freelance artists. She has been teaching ballet technique for 34 years. Her teaching credits in both ballet and modern technique include the University of Washington, CENTRUM, American Dance Institute, Strictly Seattle, Dance Fremont!, ARC, Harvard University, Boston University, the Boston Conservatory, Emerson College, and many private studios on both coasts. For three years, she and her colleagues in Beth Soll’s company were Artists-in-Residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, choreographing on and teaching modern dance to engineers. In addition to teaching in the Cornish Dance Department for the past 18 years, she has also taught performing arts criticism, integrated studies, animal ethics, and arts censorship in the Humanities and Sciences Department and dance history and dance writing to Pacific Northwest Ballet summer students. Lodi was the recipient of the 2013/14 Cornish College of the Arts Teaching Excellence Award. Over 100 of her dance reviews and articles have been published by the World Dance Alliance, Seattle Weekly, Eastside Week, Dance International, The International Dictionary of Modern Dance, Curve, and DanceNet, for which she also served as co-editor. She has researched and presented pre-performance lectures for the Chamber Dance Company, Seattle Theater Group, The Orcas Center and Cornish College of the Arts, and served as a panelist and facilitator for the Dance Critics Association. Lodi graduated with honors from Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts and received her BA in Dance, cum laude, from Mount Holyoke College. She earned an MFA in Dance, specializing in dance criticism, from the University of Washington. Her professional memberships include The Dance Critics Association and The Society of Dance History Scholars. LOVE EVERY EXTRA ROLE YOU GET, EVERY COMMISSIONED PAINTING, EVERY COMMERCIAL PHOTO SHOOT, EVERY SMALL GIG…AND EVERY HOUR AND EVERY DAY SPENT LIVING YOUR DREAM. IN THE END, IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE. Makena Zayle Gadient, Art ’16 14 JARRAD POWELL ROBERTA RUSSELL PROFESSOR, MUSIC PROFESSOR, PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION Jarrad Powell’s compositions have been performed and broadcast internationally and include pieces for voice, gamelan, various western and non-western instruments, electro-acoustic music, music for theater, dance and experimental film. His work also includes numerous cross-cultural collaborations, particularly with Indonesian artists, including the innovative musictheater pieces Visible Religion and Kali. Roberta has been designing lighting and scenery in the Pacific Northwest area since 1987. Recent design work includes set and lighting design for Seattle’s Early Music Guild, presented at the Moore Theatre with director Arne Zaslove and director/ choreographer Donald Byrd, set design for Freehold’s touring production of Pericles, the Since the early ‘80s, Powell has directed the group Gamelan Pacifica, one of the most active and adventurous gamelan ensembles in the U.S. He is also Music Director and composer for Scott/Powell Performance, a contemporary dance company formed in 1994 with noted choreographer Mary Sheldon Scott. Their most recent piece, Geography, was a National Performance Network Creation Fund Project, cocommissioned by the Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents in partnership with On the Boards and the National Performance Network. Recent projects also include music for three short films by artist Robert Campbell: Tilt, Eidolon, and Delta of C16H22O4. lighting design for Ruddigore, presented at the Bagley Wright Theatre, and Chamber Cymbeline for the Seattle Shakespeare Company. Ms. Russell has contributed conceptual pieces for the inaugural years of “Northern Lights Northwest,” a city-wide lighting festival, with pieces to be realized at Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park and at St. James Cathedral. She holds an MFA in Theatre Design from the University of Washington. Powell’s work has been commissioned by the Walker Arts Center, Performing Arts Chicago, On the Boards, Music in Motion, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents, the National Performance Network and many individual performers. He has received numerous awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Arts International, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Paul Allen Family Foundation, 4Culture/King County, The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs/Seattle, Artist Trust Foundation and the Creative Capital Foundation. Powell holds a B.A. in English and Religious Studies from Rocky Mountain College, a BFA in Music from Cornish College of the Arts, and an M.A. in Music Composition from Mills College, where he received the Paul M. Henry award for excellence in music composition. His most recent recordings, Natural Selection and Stonehouse Songs are available from Present Sounds. I AM LEAVING IT TO YOU TO GO FORTH AND FIND NEW CANVASES AND MAKE YOURSELVES INTO THE GREATEST PAINTINGS ANYONE HAS EVER SEEN. Taylor Lee Bednarz, Art ’16 15 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT & COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER BEN VEREEN ACTOR, DANCER, AND SINGER Ben Vereen has performed in some of the most notable Broadway productions, television series, films and variety shows of our time. Currently, he’s filming Rocky Horror Picture Show for Twentieth Century Fox directed by Kenny Ortega. Recently, he co-starred with Richard Gere in the film Time Out of Mind (Variety Oscar Critic’s Pick*) and Top Five with Chris Rock. A Tony and Drama Desk Award winner for his renowned performance in Bob Fosse’s Pippin, Mr. Vereen’s Broadway credits include Wicked, I’m Not Rappaport, Chicago, Hair, Fosse, Jelly’s Last Jam, Jesus Christ Superstar, and A Christmas Carol. Mr. Vereen completed a successful run in the world premiere of Fetch Clay, Make Man, directed by Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys) at the McCarter Theatre. His film credits include Idlewild, All That Jazz, Sweet Charity, Funny Lady (Golden Globe nomination), Why Do Fools Fall in Love, and Once Upon a Forest. His television credits include the legendary television miniseries Roots, Hot in Cleveland, How I Met Your Mother (recurring), Grey’s Anatomy (Prism Award), Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, NCIS, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark’s An Accidental Friendship (NAACP nomination), Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style, Ellis Island (Golden Globe Nomination), Anne Rice’s Feast of All Saints, Zoobilee Zoo and Star Trek - The Next Generation. 16 Mr. Vereen continues to tour throughout the United States with his concert act, Steppin’ Out with Ben Vereen. In addition, he has become one of the nation’s most requested motivational speakers, among audiences of all ages, on topics such as Overcoming Adversity, a Trip down Broadway, Black History, Arts and Education, Substance Abuse, and the Art of Physical and Occupational Therapy. Mr. Vereen has been inducted into both the Theater Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame. Mr. Vereen performed for 100,000 people at the Washington Monument and he received the Broadwayworld.com Cabaret Award Best Celebrity Male Vocalist for his dazzling two-week run at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Recently, Mr. Vereen led the American athletes into the LA Coliseum for the Special Olympics, followed by participating in Producer Nigel Lythgoe’s event which introduced dance as a competition for the first time in the history of the Special Olympics. At the Dizzy Feet Foundation Gala, Mr. Vereen presented an award to George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn, the stars of West Side Story. Mr. Vereen is proud to announce both the Ben Vereen Awards and the newly formed organization Wellness Through the Arts, benefiting young people across America. He recently directed a reimagined production of Hair and next year, plans on returning to Broadway in the new musical, From Brooklyn to Broadway. HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT PETE DOCTER PAE WHITE DIRECTOR, ANIMATOR, SCREENWRITER, PRODUCER AND VOICE ACTOR MULTIMEDIA ARTIST Pete Docter is the Oscar®-winning director of Monsters, Inc., Up, and Inside Out, and Vice President, Creative at Pixar Animation Studios. A California native, Pae White is a multimedia artist known for reinterpreting familiar encounters and ordinary items—like animals, books, advertisements, shopping bags, and plants—and revealing what she calls the “artfulness” of the natural and the everyday. She employs ornate craftsmanship along with inventive materials to create objects and installations that transcend traditional boundaries between art and design. Starting at Pixar in 1990 as the studio’s third animator, Docter collaborated with John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton in developing the story and characters for Toy Story, Pixar’s first full-length animated feature film, for which he also was supervising animator. He served as a storyboard artist on A Bug’s Life, and wrote initial story treatments for both Toy Story 2 and WALL•E. Aside from directing his three films, Docter also executive produced Monsters University and Academy Award®-winning Brave. Docter’s interest in animation began at the age of eight when he created his first flipbook. He studied character animation at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia, California, where he produced a variety of short films, one of which won a Student Academy Award®. Those films have since been shown in animation festivals worldwide and are featured on the Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2. Upon joining Pixar, he animated and directed several commercials, and has been nominated for eight Academy Awards® including Best Animated Feature-winners Up and Inside Out and nominee Monsters, Inc., and Best Original Screenplay for Up, Inside Out and WALL•E. In 2007, Up also was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Nature is a recurring theme in her work, as is the transformation of space to engage an audience. For her prominent display in the 2009 Venice Biennale, White transformed part of the 13th-century Arsenale into a colorful aviary and hired Venetian bird callers to summon the city’s birds. For the 2010 Whitney Biennial, Pae created Still, Untitled, one of her celebrated smoke tapestries made of large-scale photographic images that capture the subtle shades, curving lines, and elusive qualities of smoke. These works are emblematic of her fascination with exposing the beauty and visual complexities of the quotidian using a material that contrasts with the subject’s natural form. She has been featured in solo exhibitions at venues such as The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Site Santa Fe, New Mexico; The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; 1301PE, Los Angeles, California; Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; and greengrassi, London, England. In 2015, White installed commissions in the Los Angeles International and Berlin Brandenburg Airports. White’s work is held in such prominent public collections as Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Art Institute of Chicago; and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. White received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Scripps College in 1985 and a Masters of Fine Art from the Art Center College of Design in 1991. 17 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT CLARENCE ACOX BAND DIRECTOR AND JAZZ DRUMMER Musician, mentor and educator, Clarence Acox has infused Seattle and the nation with the jubilation of jazz for forty years. A native of New Orleans, Acox came to Seattle in 1971 from Southern University to revive Garfield High School’s music program. Under his tutelage, it has grown into one of the preeminent youth music organizations in the nation. The renowned Garfield Jazz Ensemble is now the most traveled high school jazz band in the country. Garfield’s Jazz Ensemble has taken first place four times at New York’s Essentially Ellington National Jazz Band Competition and Festival at New York City’s Lincoln Center, the country’s most prestigious high school jazz competition. Under Acox’s direction, the jazz ensemble has won just about every major competition on the West Coast, including the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho, the Reno Jazz Festival, and Oregon’s Mt. Hood Jazz Festival. Acox also serves as Artistic Director for Seattle JazzED, a nonprofit organization created to offer the highest level of jazz education and performance to the youth of the Seattle metropolitan area, regardless of their prior access to musical resources or their ability to pay. He has also directed the Seattle University’s Jazz Ensemble and serves annually as a faculty artist for the renowned Centrum Jazz Workshop, which he has done since 1992. 18 Acox is in high demand as a performer. One of the area’s busiest drummers, Acox co-founded and serves as co-artistic director of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. He serves on the Board of Directors of Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle, which named him Jazz Musician of the Year in 1992. Acox performed with the Floyd Standifer Quartet (now the Legacy Quartet) at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant for more than two decades. His own sextet has won numerous awards for its recordings Joanna’s Dance and Indigenous Groove. Acox was named “Educator of the Year” by DownBeat magazine in 2001. In 2004, the Seattle Music Educator’s Association awarded him its “Outstanding Music Educator” award. In 2007, he was awarded the Mayor’s Arts Award by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, and in 2008 Seattle Metropolitan magazine named him one of the 50 most influential musicians in the history of Seattle music. In 2011 he was inducted into the WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Associations) Hall of Fame. That same year he was presented the “Outstanding Achievement In the Arts” award by the Artsfund. PAST HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS 1986 AUDREY KERRY, Community Leader 1988 DAVID E. SKINNER, Community Leader 1991 CHARLES F. OSBORN, Co-Trustee, the Kreielsheimer Foundation 1999 PING CHONG, Artist 2000 DON JOHNSON, Co-Trustee, the Kreielsheimer Foundation 2001 PETER DONNELLY, President, Corporate Council of the Arts 2002 MEREDITH MONK, Composer, Singer, Director, Filmmaker 2003 IDA COLE, Founding Director, Seattle Theater Group, Arts Advocate 2004 VIRGINIA ANDERSON, Executive Director, Seattle Center 2005 GERARD SCHWARZ, Music Director, Seattle Symphony 2006 MERCE CUNNINGHAM, Choreographer 2007 CARVER GAYTON, Executive Director, Northwest African American Museum 2008 DONALD MCKAYLE, Choreographer 2008 PETER SELLARS, Artistic Director 2009 JOHN FRAME, Sculptor 2009 CLAYTON CORZATTE, Actor, Teacher, Director 2009 SUSAN CORZATTE, Actor, Teacher, Director 2010 BILL EVANS, Choreographer, Performer & Dance Educator 2010 NORMAN B. RICE, Former Mayor of Seattle, Community Leader & Arts Advocate 2011 GARY HILL, Video Artist & Sculptor 2011 MARK MORRIS, Choreographer 2011 JULIAN PRIESTER, Trombonist 2012 CHRIS CSIKSZENTMIHÁLYI, Artist, Designer & Technologist 2012 CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, Pianist 2012 BETYE SAAR, Collage & Multimedia Artist 2013 VIRGINIA JOHNSON, Executive Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem 2013 KRONOS QUARTET: HANK DUTT, DAVID HARRINGTON, JOHN SHERBA, & JEFFREY ZEIGLER, Musicians 2014 TONY KUSHNER, Playwright 2014 DEBORAH RUTTER, President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & President, Kennedy Center 2015 ANNE BOGART, Theater & Opera Director 2015 LIZ LERMAN, Choreographer 19 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS HISTORY STUDENT SPEAKER HISTORY 1960 MRS. FREDERICK RAMHORST 1994 MELANIE STALCUP, Dance 1970 MRS. WALTER RICHER 1995 CHRIS GOODSON, Theater 1981 GIOVANNI COSTIGAN 1996 NATHAN SANTRY, Art 1982 REVEREND WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN, S.J. 1997 LIBERTY BRADFORD, Theater 1983 ROSANNE ROYER 1998 NEAL BASHOR, Art 1984 CARL J. PETRICK 1999 CORRINA BEFORT, Dance 1985 DR. JAMES SAVAGE 2000 CHLOE CHAPIN, Performance Production 1986 BENJAMIN MOORE 2001 1987 LAMAR HARRINGTON 2002 GRETTA HARLEY KRAMER, Music 1988 SPEIGHT JENKINS 2003 LAURA GILBERT, Dance 1989 ELIZABETH HUDDLE 2004 ANDY HOCK, Theater 1990 FRED BASSETTI 2005 DIANA RIESENBERGER, Design 1991 GERARD SCHWARZ 2006 HEATHER BIERMANN, Art 1992 JAY GATES 2007 JESSICA SCHROEDER, Dance 1993 PAT GRANEY 2008 JONATHAN HOONHOUT, Theater 1994 JEFF STEITZER 2009 MARIAH WARE, Theater 1995 TOM SKERRITT 2010 SARAH GROSMAN, Theater 1996 LOU HARRISON 2011 KOJI MINAMI, Design 1997 DANIEL SULLIVAN 2012 SYDNEY TUCKER, Theater 1998 JUDY CHICAGO 2013 MILES TOLAND, Art 1999 PING CHONG 2014 MARIAH MARTINS, Dance 2000 SUSAN TRAPNELL 2015 KENDRA LEE, Performance Production 2001 PETER DONNELLY 2002 MEREDITH MONK 2003 IDA COLE 2004 VIRGINIA ANDERSON 2005 GERARD SCHWARZ 2006 KURT BEATTIE 2007 CARVER GAYTON 2008 PETER SELLARS 2009 ERIC LIU 2010 BEN CAMERON 2011 MARK MORRIS 2012 CHRIS CSIKSZENTMIHÁLYI 2013 VIRGINIA JOHNSON 2014 TONY KUSHNER AND DEBORAH RUTTER 2015 ANNE BOGART 20 KELSEY KEGEL, Design LIFE IS ABOUT SAYING WE ARE A NEW GENERATION WHO THINKS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. SO STOP TELLING US WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIX WHAT YOU BROKE. Alexandria Ilyse Chipman, Theater ’16 HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS 1914 1954 Founded by Nellie Centennial Cornish as the Music and Art Foundation assumes ownership of Cornish School of Music, to provide instruction for The Cornish School. children and music teachers. Dance and Theater quickly became part of the curriculum. 1955 1921 the Allied Arts. The Cornish School is renamed Cornish School of Cornish is renamed The Cornish School. Construction of the building now known as “Kerry Hall” is completed. Mark Tobey joins the 1958 Frederick J. Patterson appointed as director of faculty and establishes the visual arts curriculum. Cornish School of the Allied Arts. 1930 1977 Martha Graham and Louis Horst join the dance Cornish is renamed Cornish Institute of Allied Arts. faculty. Cornish Institute is awarded accreditation as a 1935 – 1936 on Colleges and Universities. Kerry Hall is Cornish establishes radio program. The first declared a national landmark. Merce Cunningham coast-to-coast radio broadcast connects Cornish and John Cage in residence. four-year college by the Northwest Commission to NBC. Chet Huntley is a student in the radio broadcast program. 1979 Liberal Arts program established. 1937 John Cage, composer, joins Cornish, and develops 1983 Cornish purchases Lakeside School (The St. his first prepared piano piece for a performance by dance student Syvilla Fort. Merce Cunningham begins his studies in Theater and Dance. Nellie Cornish retires in 1939, and leadership is Nellie Cornish, Founder North campus. Performance Production department established. 1939 – 1953 assumed by governing board. Nicholas School) and establishes the Cornish 1984 Dr. Robert Suderberg appointed president of Cornish Institute. Cornish Follies, 1929 Martha Graham 21 1985 2002 The Kreielsheimer Foundation establishes a Board of Trustees adopts a comprehensive capital significant scholarship program. campaign for consolidation and expansion of the campus in South Lake Union. Cornish College 1986 Dr. Robert Funk appointed president of Cornish. establishes the freshman integrated experience. Cornish Institute of Allied Arts is renamed Cornish 2003 College of the Arts. With the purchase of the Main Campus Center and Raisbeck Hall, Cornish College of the Arts 1992 Cornish granted national accreditation for the departments of Art and Design from NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design). relocates Art, Design, Humanities & Sciences, Performance Production, Theater, its Library and Student Services to its new campus in South Lake Union. 2008 1994 Sergei P. Tschernisch appointed president of Cornish College of the Arts. 1995 – 1996 Board of Trustees adopts the Cornish’s first strategic plan with the accompanying master Cornish adds the Notion building to its downtown campus. 2009 Cornish establishes two student residence halls adjacent to the downtown campus campus plan and begins a comprehensive capital 2011 campaign. Nancy J. Uscher, PhD, installed as the president of Cornish College of the Arts. Cornish acquires the 1996 Cornish joins Consortium for the Liberal Education of Artists (CLEA). Centennial Lab. 2014 The Cornish Playhouse is opened at the Seattle 2001 Humanities & Sciences program established as its own department. Center. Cornish breaks ground on new residence hall adjacent to Main Campus Center. 2015 Cornish graduates its centennial class. Life Drawing Class, c.1950 22 CORNISH COMMUNITY PRESIDENT’S CABINET Hollis Near, Director of Library Services Nancy J. Uscher, PhD, President John Paul, Director of Housing & Residence Life Jerry Hekkel, Dean of Student Life Jarrad Powell, Faculty Senate Representative Rosemary Jones, Director of Communications Star Rush, Associate Provost & Acting Humanities & Sciences Jonathan Lindsay, Vice President for Enrollment Management Sarah Perry, Vice President for Advancement & Alumni Relations Department Chair Liisa Spink, Playhouse Manager Alison Staplin, Summer and External Program Manager Sharron Starling, Director of Admission Ai Nguyen, Director of Human Resources Monique Theriault, Director of Financial Aid Jeff Riddell, Vice President for Finance & Administration Jeff Wyborny, Business & Student Accounts Manager Moira Scott Payne, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Members of the President’s Cabinet Dimitri Azadi, Director of Disability Resource Center ACADEMIC COUNCIL Tom Baker, Interim Music Department Chair Gala Bent, ADFM Interim Foundations Program Leader Adrienne M. Bolyard, Dean of Academic Services & Registrar Brandon Bird, Director of Campus Safety & Security Jeff Brice, Design Department Chair Adrienne M. Bolyard, Dean of Academic Services Lyall Bush, Interim Film + Media Program Leader & Registrar Steve Casteel, Director of Preparatory Dance Tina Chamberlain, Controller Patrice Edwards, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations Dawn Gavin, Visual Arts Chair Jenny Frazier, Director of Facilities Dawn Gavin, Visual Arts Chair Denise Martel, Performance Production Chair Hollis Near, Director of Library Services Moira Scott Payne, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs Star Rush, Associate Provost & Acting Humanities & Sciences Department Chair Jan Hubert, Staff Council Representative Alison Staplin, Director of Extension Program Lori Koshork, Director of Counseling Services Student Leadership Council Representative Mark Ledesma, Director of Information Technology Victoria Watts, Dance Department Chair Melissa Logan, Department Coordinator Representative Richard E.T. White, Theater Department Chair Denise Martel, Chairs Council Representative Nadya Zimmerman, Faculty Senate Representative, Laura McKee, Director of Business Systems Humanities & Sciences 23 CORNISH COMMUNITY FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STUDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Lauren Basson, Humanities & Sciences Makena Gadient, Art, Director of Finance Susan Boye, ADFM Foundations Sierra Glessner, Music, Vice Chair Ellen Boyle, Theater Jeremiah Holt, Performance Production, Historian Bob Campbell, Art AnnaClaire Laush, Theater, Chair Chuck Deardorf, Music Sarah White, Performance Production, PR/Event Chair Morgan Elrod, Design, Executive Secretary Natalia Ilyin, Design Raymond Maxwell, Humanities & Sciences STAFF COUNCIL Lodi McClellan, Dance Heidi Anderson Michele Miller, Dance Suzi Boaz Jarrad Powell, Music, President Megan Campbell-Miller Robin Lynn Smith, Theater Jill Carnine Matthew Smucker, Performance Production Emily Gewax Christine Sumption, ADFM Foundations, Secretary Jon Graef Katherine Greenland Trelstad, Design Sarah Haskell John Wilson, Performance Production Brittany Henderson Nadya Zimmerman, Art, Vice President Jan Hubert Rick Mackenzie Ai Nguyen, Ex Officio Asya Pokrovskaya Chris Williams This program is not an official graduation list. The College’s official registry for conferral of degree is the student’s permanent academic record, which is kept by the office of the Registrar. Latin honors are based on the cumulative GPA through the Fall 2015 semester. 24 ©2016 Cornish College of the Arts. All rights reserved.
